Chapel Hart features sisters Danica Hart and Devynn Hart, as well as their cousin Trea Swindle. All three members are from Poplarville, Mississippi, where they sang together as kids in Hart’s Chapel. Later, they busked and performed gigs in New Orleans.
They started off performing blues and jazz covers but eventually decided to embrace their love of country music, despite being told it wasn’t the right fit in New Orleans. As Tara said in an interview, “People were not shy about telling us, over and over. You have to, at a certain point, ignore what other people are saying and follow your heart.”
In 2019, Chapel Hart released their debut album, Out the Mud. The same year, they also became the first female country artists to headline a music festival in Innsbruck, Austria. The group has cited “Redneck Woman” singer Gretchen Wilson as an influence.
In 2020, the group released a single called “Jesus & Alcohol,” which featured ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons on guitar. Gibbons appears in the music video as a pastor, along with country singers T. Graham Brown and Deborah Allen.
Country girl group Chapel Hart took America’s Got Talent stage with their portrayal of Dolly Parton’s Jolene. The song responded to the original heartbreak anthem by saying, “You can have it, Jolene.”
The powerhouse group wowed the audience and the judges when Simon Cowell expressed his love for the girls and asked if they needed a record deal.
Though each of the judges had already pushed their Golden Buzzers, host Terry Crews joined the panel to push a shocking ensemble Golden Buzzer for the act, meaning Chapel Hart is going straight to the live shows.
The judges and host Terry Crews pull out an additional golden buzzer, wowing the crowd and the band! Chapel Hart will go straight to the live shows. “Follow your dreams, no matter how crazy they are,” says a member of Chapel Hart through tears.
“I needed you today,” Simon tells Chapel Hart. He then asks if they need a record deal. Simon tells the band that “maybe they just kicked the door down” on the country music industry. “If I hadn’t worn my gold buzzer, I’d give you my gold buzzer,” Simon tells them. “Me too,” Heidi replies.
The girl group Chapel Hart, made up of two sisters and their cousin, takes the stage to sing an original song based on Dolly Parton’s Jolene. Simon expressed his love for girl groups before the girls began their performance of the country song.
What a boost of energy! Country trio Chapel Hart has been trying to make a music career for themselves in Nashville for several years to no avail so far. But they smashed through all barriers in their America’s Got Talent audition, performing an original song that’s a spinoff of Dolly Parton‘s iconic “Jolene.”
Parton is the group’s favorite artist, and they wanted to make a creative twist on the classic song in “You Can Have Him, Jolene.” Chapel Hart and “You Can Have Him, Jolene” have everything country music needs: an easily followed storyline, killer vocals, and attitude. Immediately after the end of the song, the audience chanted “golden buzzer” en masse. The only thing is, all of the judges and host Terry Crews have already used their one allotted golden buzzer of the season.
For only the second time in AGT history, Chapel Hart received a group golden buzzer from Klum, Cowell, Vergara, Mandel, and Crews, sending them straight to the live shows.
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